supplicate

supplicate is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 21 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.
2. transitive verb. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.
3. intransitive verb. To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
4. verb. ask humbly (for something)

   "He supplicated the King for clemency"

5. verb. ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer

   "supplicate God's blessing"

6. verb. make a humble, earnest petition

   "supplicate for permission"

Common word forms

supplicated, supplicates, supplicating

Words from these letters

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